Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-06


and will cost 1926. The same road
Will sell from to-day till the III excursion
tickets to New Orleans for one fare for
the round trip, good until the 14th
These are for the colOred state
fair of Louisiaus which is held there from
November 8 to Is. The Texas and Pa
cifc will carry visitors to the North Leu
isiana State Tsir which meets st SAreVe-
port for one fare; tickets on sale from the
6&h to Ilth and good until the 18th. The
meeting of the National Womsn's Tenn
persnce Association at Nashville calls
forth another excursion. The Texas and
Pacific will sell tickets to this meeting
from November to 9, good to return
December 5, for S2S for the round trip.
Circular No. Of the Fort Worth and
Denver. issued under date of October 81,
is OF general interest to shippers. II
reads as follows:
Section five (5) OF a bill passed by the
Twentieth Legislature Of the state OF
Texas, regulating shipments Of freight ey
railroads, reads as follows:
"When cars have been supplied snd
loaded it shall be the duty OF the railway
company to deliver the same to parties to
whom they are consigned within reason
able time, and the party or parties TO
whom they ere consigned shall unload
the same within forty-eight hours after
delivery and notice, or forfeit to the
railway company the sum of $50 per day
for each car left unloaded, TO be recovered
in any court Of competent jurisdiction"
ALI agents CO this company are notified
that on and after November 8, 1887, they
will Immediately, upon receipt OF freight
in car load lots, notify the consignee IN
writing Of arrival CT same, and upon fall
ure OF cOnsignee to unload and receive
such freight within forty-eight hours
after such notice has been served, mini
mum charge Of 81 per day will be charged
for each car remaining uulOaded AFTER tie
forty-eight hours notice has expired, and
the company reserves the right to III
crease this charge to the full limi5 allowed
by the lazy, when disposition Is shown
TO disregard the minimum charge herein
named, and the necessity to this company
Of enforcing q compliance with the pro-
visions quoted heretofore in section of
the law to regulate shipment Of freight oy
railroads.
These instructions will apply or sll
shipments consigned to care Of commits
sion merchants, but when CSr load ship
ments are made o parties living in ada
cent towns, an additional reasonable
time will be allowed them to receive and
unload cars.
Opened an Office at Wichita Fal:s.
Special to the Gazette.
WICHITA FALLS, TEX Nov. 5-The
Wichita Falls and Winfield Railroad Com
pany is opening an office in the opera
house with O. T. Bacon as manager.
The company is in earnest and has every
assurance the railroad will accept its right
of way from Red river TO the Falls.
Well Liked In Ell Faso.
Special 20 the Gazette.
Ell PAso, TEX, Nov. 5-Notice OF the
death of Peter J. Crosbie this morning st
Dallas was received by this community
with SORROW. He came TO FL Paso shout
four years ago and worked for the West
ern Union, which he left to accept 3 po-
sition with the Corslites Mining Com
pany in Mexico. Then he went 10 the
City Of Mexico, and finally came back 10
Ell Paso 10 accept the position OF travel
ing freight and passenger agent Of the
Texas and Pacific + Railway. He left here
last August 70 accept posItlon III Oallss.
Brown County After the Rock Island.
Special to the Gazette.
Cisco, TEX, Nov. 5.-A statistical re-
port was received yesterday by Governor
Wheeler from the railroad committee at
Brentwood setting forth the many sd-
vantsges of Brown county, giving the
population, increase OF taxable values,
products, mineral resources, etc, to be
used in cooperation with Cisco in secur-
ing the Rock Island and Pacific Railroad.
The report is fine one, ana MAKES fl re
showing for BroWn wood and Brown
county Governor Wheeler immediately
called meeting of our railroad commit
tee, and some important business wss
transacted which Is withheld from the
public for the present.